genomics & neuroscience & these sorts of highly specialized scientific fields have come a long way since that time. Mendelian genetics was never a 100% materially based field and needed the discovery of DNA and chromosomes in order to confirm and vindicate it.
If we were to be fair here, I think even more recent developments in epigenetics reveal that Lysenko on certain thematic points was totally correct in assuming environmental & random non-hierarchical impacts on trait heritability etc. Lysenko's scientific notions were politically influenced, but we can't forget how the progressive era and race science & "eugenics" was a political nightmare supposedly built on this rational Western "science".
DNA wasn't discovered & recognized until the mid-1950s. Lysenko existed in a highly politicized world, and we can see that notions like ethnogenesis & haplogroups & neuropsychology & imaging and other sorts of "measurable" hard scientific attempts get into unfortunate territory when applied to human beings
Egalitarianism rejects survival of the fittest. From a basic sociological & humanistic perspective I hope we can see where Lysenko was coming from, but when dealing with pea plants I suppose it's not as difficult.
Good, and very informative, comment. I suppose I'll evolve my position to be that I don't so much have a problem with the promotion of Lysenko as I do the suppression of various Soviet Scientists who publically disagreed with his theories.
genomics & neuroscience & these sorts of highly specialized scientific fields have come a long way since that time. Mendelian genetics was never a 100% materially based field and needed the discovery of DNA and chromosomes in order to confirm and vindicate it.
If we were to be fair here, I think even more recent developments in epigenetics reveal that Lysenko on certain thematic points was totally correct in assuming environmental & random non-hierarchical impacts on trait heritability etc. Lysenko's scientific notions were politically influenced, but we can't forget how the progressive era and race science & "eugenics" was a political nightmare supposedly built on this rational Western "science".
DNA wasn't discovered & recognized until the mid-1950s. Lysenko existed in a highly politicized world, and we can see that notions like ethnogenesis & haplogroups & neuropsychology & imaging and other sorts of "measurable" hard scientific attempts get into unfortunate territory when applied to human beings
Egalitarianism rejects survival of the fittest. From a basic sociological & humanistic perspective I hope we can see where Lysenko was coming from, but when dealing with pea plants I suppose it's not as difficult.
https://www.amazon.com/Lysenkos-Ghost-Epigenetics-Loren-Graham/dp/0674089057
Good, and very informative, comment. I suppose I'll evolve my position to be that I don't so much have a problem with the promotion of Lysenko as I do the suppression of various Soviet Scientists who publically disagreed with his theories.